However, they have demonstrated by paying the £6 million compensation for Rodgers that the club will still continue to invest in the staff and the squad and that Rodgers will be given funds during the summer.

One of the reasons why Rodgers decided to swap Celtic for City was his frustration at an apparent lack of investment recently at the Scottish champions, which has prevented them breaking the glass ceiling that European football has become although they have been completely dominant domestically under Rodgers.

Over the past three seasons City have had estimated total spends of £82 million, £79 million and £103 million, but the net spends were £23 million, £36 million and £17 million, with the sales of N’Golo Kante, Danny Drinkwater and Mahrez contributing significantly to the smaller margin.

The priority for Rodgers will be to ensure he doesn’t have to spend big to replace similarly important players now and use the funds he will get to strengthen what is already a talented group with plenty of potential.

Rodgers will not be looking too far ahead over the coming weeks and will be assessing what he has already got at his disposal in his squad, starting from today when he takes his first training session as City boss.

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Rodgers will be identifying areas that will need strengthening at the end of the season, with right-back, central midfield and in attack seen as priorities, and focusing on a positive end to the campaign that will convince Ben Chilwell, Harry Maguire and James Maddison, who have all previously been linked with big money moves away, that they can fulfil their ambitions with City.

Rodgers told the players during an impassioned speech following the win over Brighton on Tuesday that the main reason he had decided to leave Celtic to return to the Premier League was to work with this young City squad, words that drew a thunderous round of applause inside the dressing room that could be heard in the corridors outside.

Rodgers will use such similar inspirational talk to entice the players to the club this summer, with the backing of the City hierarchy.